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Middle school informational text resources for Microsoft Word $10 and up
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Unit Lesson Plan
This extensive unit plan for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is completely designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each chapter of the novel. The novel unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Haddon’s craft and en
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Middle Ages and Medieval Times - castles, knights, The Plague
This unit is all about the Middle Ages and medieval times! There are 10 mini-units: Feudalism, Everyday Life, Occupations, Armor/Weapons/Heraldry, Becoming a Knight, Feasts and Tournaments, Castles, Castles Under Attack, Religion, and The Black Death. Each unit includes a page of informational text with a review sheet, a vocabulary sheet, a crossword puzzle, and a word search. In addition, there is a Venn diagram, math word problems, coat of arms shields to decorate, creative writing sheets,
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Pro and Con Articles and Opinion Prompts for Persuasive Writing/Transition Words
-This product develops opinion and persuasive argument writing with use of transition words and graphic organizers.
- This product contains 12 pros and cons evidence based articles for students to read and write their opinion about each topic for grades 4th, 5th, and 6th. There are advantages and disadvantages given for each of the 6 kid-interested topics.
- There are six different topics that have both a pro and con article for each so that students can use evidence from articles to support th
Grades:
4th - 6th
Inferences, Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation
Students will find and record clues throughout 5 different stations that allow them to practice making inferences. This "real world" lesson asks students to become text detectives to find evidence that supports their inferences. Students must read through eye witness accounts, police reports, a media blast, observe a crime scene, and analyze some forensic evidence to collect information. At the end of the five stations, they must write up a police report. You will need to set up your crime s
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6th - 10th
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Titanic: Voices from the Disaster ELA Common Core Aligned Unit
Students will be completely engaged in this reading, writing, and vocabulary Common Core aligned ELA unit about the Titanic. All papers needed by the students for this unit are included. Some items are a thought-provoking anticipatory guide, a vocabulary list and complete interactive activities for all words, a generic word map form, and centers designed for extending student learning. There are high interest internet research opportunities, an easy experiment, a gradable word activity, and man
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5th - 9th
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Chasing King's Killer by James Swanson Unit Plan
This is a Unit Plan for Chasing King's Killer by James L. Swanson. It contains Standards (CCSS), Objectives, Daily Activities, Over 50 Chapter Questions, Vocabulary with Definitions, Vocabulary Frayer Models, Over 50 Multiple Choice Questions Divided by Section for Quizzes, Essay Questions, and Answer Keys.
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Avi's "Nothing But The Truth" - 34 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 34 rigorous unit learning tasks for Avi’s, "Nothing But The Truth." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents, charts a
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Grades:
6th - 8th
7 Sacraments Catholic Research Project Poster & Information Report with Rubric
Get all you need to teach and assess the 7 Catholic Sacraments through this bundle. These ready-to-use poster display and information report projects include everything you need from printable & digital forms, editable rubrics, and an answer key. Through researching each of the Sacraments students can independently learn about these beautiful celebrations of the Church. Students will love the fun and engaging graphic organiser, and you'll love that they can learn about their faith and that t
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5th - 8th
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Chew on This final test
This 35 question test was written for the book, Chew on This by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson. It is an open test book that requires students to use text structures and text features based on CCSS. It is all multiple choice.
It also includes a paired reading passage (a practice ISAT article) that includes questions about the passage, as well as paired questions with the novel.
An answer sheet is included.
An answer key is listed as one of our free items.
Grades:
7th - 11th
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Full Year Middle School Literacy: Non-Fiction Units
The following is a compilation of the high interest, non-fiction units I have developed and used in my classroom over the last five years. Each unit comes with a variety of readings that will provoke debate and discussion in your classroom. Each reading also has questions that allow your students to look beyond the text while working on important skills such as connecting, inferring, questioning, summarizing, and synthesizing. Combined with any fiction you introduce in your class, there is enoug
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7th - 9th
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Nonfiction - Reading for Information - 8th Grade Bundle - Aligned w/ Common Core
This item bundles 8 nonfiction products for teaching students to read informational text in eighth grade. (You could use this for both 6th and 7th as well, but it is aligned to the eighth grade common core standards). 5 of the products are already posted, but three are new and only appear in this bundle. If you purchased all of these activities separately you would pay $19.00. In this bundle, you only have to pay $13.00. The bundle includes:
*The Lunchroom Food Fight
*Compare and Contrast Featu
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Dewey Decimal Shelf Labels for Library
I am currently working as a teacher-librarian and I illustrated these labels to tape to the shelves in my library. They are great for primary students, and English Language Learners. They clearly state the topic, Dewey number and have a colourful illustration of the topic. Not only do they make things easier to find for students, they also add a bit of colour and brightness. When students don't know what book to read, I often tell them to read the signs on the shelves to find something they are
Grades:
K - 8th
Lit Circles: Complete Package - 12 Assignments
This package contains everything you need to conduct an extensive Literature Circle Unit. The first page is a description of each role and the rest contains 12 different assignments that students may choose from, creating instant differentiation based on product.
This is a fabulous deal at $1 an assignment - all the work is done for you, and it works with any piece of literature, fiction or nonfiction, in any course. It could even be adapted to work with informational text.
If you don't wa
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
SAT Practice Test: Reading and Writing, 52 Questions
The 52 questions on this exam align with CollegeBoard’s digital SAT Practice Tests #1-4. The genre of texts, the types of questions, the format, and the level of difficulty replicate the reading and writing challenges on the actual exam. Like the digital SAT, this assessment is divided into two modules or sections, and each one contains 27 questions.Module I prepares testers for all of the question types they will encounter on the SAT’s reading and writing exam. In this section, the same questi
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Info Reading Text - World Religions Bundle
Informational text articles about the history of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, including their core beliefs, important figures, historical moments, and more! A great supplement, fill in, extra credit, or substitute teaching plan for any subject. The information is from the History Channel's website, the questions are mine. Can also be used as a web quest using the history.com website. MS Word doc for easy editing.
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7th - 12th
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Info Reading Text - Women's History Month Super Bundle!! Distance Learning
In this bundle you will receive 37 informational text articles about female leaders throughout American history. Each article includes questions and an answer key. Included are generic venn diagrams and comparison charts if you want to make comparisons between leaders. The following article titles are included in this bundle: The 19th Amendment - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Title IX - Billie Jean King Maya Angelou - Susan B. Anthony Seneca Falls Convention - Clara Barton Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Fl
Grades:
7th - 12th
Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Amazing Inventions Unit
This is a unit tied to the Common Core standards. Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Amazing Inventions is an Appendix B book for the 4-5 grade level band. However, it can be used for 3rd and 6th grade as well. Included are activities as well as text dependent questions for each chapter in the book.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Learning Skills Comments
45 pages of Learning skills comments that can be modified or used as is! This should also be helpful to new teachers who are about to write their first set of Report Cards!
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Superbowl Activities - 15 Football Themed Lessons
15 Superbowl/Football Themed ideas such as: SuperBowl Commercial Review, Superbowl History Presentations, and SuperBowl Snack Contest, and so much more! Curriculum related ideas too.. math & statistics, oral speaking, etc!
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Researching Online -3 Lesson Plans and a Quiz PLUS Extension worksheets
My school's language curriculum teaches only about encyclopedia research skills, and nothing about the more modern method of research on the internet. So, I took it upon myself to write a few lessons and a quiz to include this information in our language program in our fourth grade.
The first lesson focuses on when to use the internet instead of a book or encyclopedia.
The second lesson focuses on how to evaluate websites to determine if they are a reliable source.
The third lesson focuses o
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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How to Guides for Parents & Teachers: Microsoft Teams, Edsby, Remind App, & More
6 popular apps and teaching platforms - instructions for use teachers can send these instructional packets to parents to help them navigate classroom communication platforms! our bundle can help teachers learn new platforms too!information regarding: signing up, troubleshooting, uploading assignments, log in, microphone and camera access, and more!
Grades:
1st - 12th
Excellent en Español/Spanish Big Ideas Summary of U.S. History through 1900
Excellent U.S. History- 1900 Summary en Español- Spanish W/ Over 46 Pages, Covers the Big Ideas including Maps & Visuals for the following units:European Age of ExplorationReasons for European ExplorationEarly European Explorers reasons for exploration, routes, and outcomesThe Treaty of TordesillasThe Columbian ExchangeMercantilismEuropean Colonization of the AmericasEuropean Exploration- resultsExploration and the slave trade & More...Thirteen ColoniesJamestown Challenges, Failures &
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Student Information Forms & Templates: Health, Transportation, Profile, Contact
every teacher needs these two templates to organize and file important student information.easy to edit templates: student profiles, contact information, health information, transportation details, home information, and more.
Grades:
K - 8th
Lois Lowry's "The Giver" Common Core Learning Tasks - 32 Rigorous Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 32 rigorous unit learning tasks for Lois Lowry’s "The Giver." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents and information
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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